Stove



(No-Model.)

A. G. DEE. STOVE.-

No.456,357.- Patented July 21', 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT Frrcn.

ANDREIV G. DEE, OFWVESTBROCK, CONNECTICUT.

STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 456,357, dated July 21, 1891.

Application filed February 3, 1891- Serial No. 379,991. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANDREW G. DEE, of WVestbrook, in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Stoves; and I do hereby declare the following, when takenin connection with accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in

I Figure 1, a rear perspective view of a stove constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, a view thereof in rear elevation; Fig. 3, an enlarged View in longitudinal section of the locking mechanism. Fig.4 is a broken view in vertical section on the line a, b of Fig. 2.

My invention relates to an improvement in cooking-stoves for use on shipboard, the object being to adapt them in a simple, convenient, and effective manner to be. adjusted in relation to the inclination of the ship.

WVith these ends in view myinvention consists in a stove suspended from its lower edge, so as to rock on its longitudinal center, and provided with looking devices for holding it in any of its positions, and in certain details of construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

As herein shown, the body Aof the stove'is provided at its rear and at its forward end with a flange B, depending below its lower edge an d' beveled in opposite directions toward its center, as at B Bl The stove-body thus constructed is set between the upwardly-projecting flanges C of two frame-piecesD D, which, together with the stay-rods E E uniting them, form the base or support of the stove. A long rod F, passing through the flanges B and C of the stove and frame-pieces, forms a pintle for the stove-body to swing upon, the stove-body being thus suspended to rock on its longitudinal center. The flanges C, before mentioned, are not as thick as the frame-pieces D, which therefore form bearings D D for the ends of the stove-body to rest upon in case the same is sufficiently rocked to one side or the other.

A horizontal operating-lever F, rigidly secured to the rear wall of the stove-body and justabove the center thereof, is provided with a vertical opening G for the passage through it of the upper end of an arm H, the lower end of the said arm being pivoted to the rear extremity of the adjacent stay-rod E, while its upper end is furnished with 'a vertical series of perforations H, which receive a pin J, located near the outer end'of a spring K, applied to the outer face of the lever F and extending parallel therewith. A button K, mounted in the outer end of the lever F and having a shouldered shank K is arranged to engage, when pressed inward, with the outer end of the spring K, whereby the same is pushed back and the pin J withdrawn from engagement with the pivoted arm H.

To insure the accommodation of the stovepipe' to the position of the stove-body, I round or bevel the lower end of the first joint L of the pipe and secure it by a pivot M to the short shank N, formed upon the stove-body to receive it.

It will be clear from the drawings and tore going description thatby suspending the stove to rock on its longitudinal center and providing it with looking devices for securing it in any of its positions it may be accommodated to the inclination of the ship and with obvious convenience.

By suspending the stove from its lower edge the suspension devices do not interfere with its convenient use, my stove being an im provement in this respect over prior stoves of the same general description,which have been hung from their upper portions by devices rendering them less convenient to use.

I do not limit myself to the particular means herein shown of mounting the stove, nor to the special locking devices represented, but

would have it understood that I hold myself it is old to provide them withmeans for fixing them in their different positions. Having fully described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a stove suspended from its lower edge on the line of its longitudinal center, whereby thedevices employed [for its suspension do not interfere with its convenient use, of adjustable locking mechanism permanently connected with it for securing it in any of its positions within the range of its rocking movement, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with an independent base, of a stove pivoted thereto at its lower edge on the line of its longitudinal center, and an adjustable locking mechanism comprising a horizontal arm rigidly secured to the back of the stove, and a pivoted vertical arm with which the said lever is engaged at different elevations, according to the inclination of the stove, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with an independent base, of a stove pivoted thereto at its lower edge on its longitudinal center, a horizontal lever secured to the stove, an arm pivoted at its lower end, constructed with a vertical series of perforations and passing through a vertical slot formed in the said lever, a spring carrying a pin to enter the perforations in the said arm, and a button mounted in the said lever and impinging against the spring for operating the same, substantially as described.

t. The combination, with a stove suspended on its longitudinal center, of a locking mechanism for securing it in any of its positions within the range oii its rocking movement, and a pivotal stove-pipe section, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANDREW G. DEE.

Witnesses:

FRED (J. EARLE,

TJLLIAN I). KELSEY. 

